The Books
A Journey Towards Poetry - John Mogan
A Journey Towards Poetry begins with the author’s examination of
the long history of efforts to define poetry. He moves through what
poetry says to how poetry sounds. His approach examines not what
poetry is so much as what poetry does and how it achieves that function.
His entire lifework has brought him to the essential emotional
component without which there is no poetry.
The poetic aspects of writing are illustrated copiously, and the
examples transform the book from the categories of handbook or
textbook to a treatise on poetry itself.
ISBN: 9781466920514
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At Nodder Butte - John Mogan
Robin, a recent graduate of geography, begins work for the
National Weather Service at Nodder Butte. Her co-worker is a Navajo
seer who refused to accept his gift.
As well as the science of her work, she learns to observe in ways
she hadn’t imagined, and experiences the strangeness and mystery of
desert life. The two of them investigate what Nodder Butte means to the
Native Americans today, and what it meant to the Spanish conquerors.
The novel explores the consequences of this seer’s presence at
Nodder Butte and the effect of those consequence on Robin.
ISBN: 9781425169756
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Max And The Smugglers - John Mogan
For his 10th birthday, Max travels with his family from Calgary to
Nova Scotia. He sees the 3-century change from 19th century Calgary to
16th century Quebec. In Halifax, he is transported back 3 centuries in
time to 1706. Kidnapped to be a cabin boy on a trading ship which
plies between Quebec in the north and Cuba in the south, he learns that
his captain smuggles French liquor from the north, and Cuban rum from
the south, with the other goods he carries.
His adventures involve an old enmity between his captain and a
Commander in the Royal Navy, Blackbeard the pirate, and voodoo in
Haiti. He befriends a physically disfigured boy, and becomes the
official scribe for the crew, none of whom can write.
His ability to speak both English and French, and a basic knowledge of karate gained in his 21st century Calgary school help him through the difficulties of this trip through time. After 16 months he is transported back to the 21st century where he finds proof of his time-travel in the log-book of his former ship at the Maritime Museum in Halifax.
ISBN: 9781425118440
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Sacha, Max and the Animals - John Mogan
The Book of Sacha has several stories involving Sacha, a girl who
grew up with the ability to speak the specific language of cats, and the
general patois of all animals. The first 4 stories involve this particular
girl who possesses the extra-natural powers of enchantment and the
casting of spells through language.
The last 5 stories involve the same girl, but there are no extra-
natural powers involved except the ability to talk the animal languages.
The Book of Max has some stories involving Max, a boy who has
an uncanny power of deduction and a great gift of compassion. The first
four stories deal with this boy from youth to adolescence.
The last 4 stories involve Max in only one story, Upcountry. Two
of the other 3 stories deal with animals who have extraordinary powers,
and one is a creation story involving the gift of speech.
ISBN: 9781425146436
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Teck Tales - JOHN MOGAN
All these stories look at the interplay between modern technology
and human relationships. Each story deals with a different aspect of
technology and has an appropriate setting for the way the material plays
out.
Dennis the Duck Who Looked Like a Boy poses himan and pet
problems with sly digs at the practice of plastic surgery. Extra Extra
deals with the fine line between living and acting.
Diva Diva presents the plight of a performing artist “improved” by recording techniques.
Hello Hello shows the impact of cell phones on deafness.
Mirror Mirror is laid in the world of cosmetics, and Water Water in the industry of water and dowsing.
The final story, What You Don’t See, tries to look at the relationship between life and porn cinema.
ISBN: 9781425146450
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Creations with some Re-Creations - John Mogan
In these tales Marablo is a participant at the Creation in Genesis; Wagner’s Ring retells a creation cycle – one in many cycles. Moving Backward engineers a reverses in evolution. Sacha Artist presents the artist as creator with the problems any creations offers to its maker. The Stone Mason is an extension to the New Testament. The Mycenaead relates the Trojan War from the palace at Mycenae. Solomon Bar-Levin is a fresh story of Barabbas in the New Testament. Finally, The Other Ring is author John Mogan’s appendix to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. These are his tales, these are his Creations with some Re-Creations.
ISBN 13 (TP): 9781466981058
ISBN 13 (eBook): 9781466981065
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